Patents by Inventor Terry N. Travis

Terry N. Travis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High temperature a resistant vitreous inorganic fiber
    Patent number: 6953757
    Abstract: A low shrinkage, high temperature resistant vitreous inorganic fiber having a use temperature up to at least 1330° C., which maintains mechanical integrity after exposure to the use temperature and which is non-durable in physiological fluids, is prepared by the method of forming a melt with ingredients including greater than 71.25 weight percent silica, 0 to about 20 weight percent magnesia, and about 5 to about 28.55 weight percent of calcia, 0 to about 5 weight percent zirconia, and optionally a viscosity modifier in an amount effective to render the product fiberizable; and producing fibers from the melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Unifrax Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce K. Zoitos, Michael J. Andrejcak, Terry N. Travis
  • High temperature resistant vitreous inorganic fiber
    Publication number: 20030162019
    Abstract: A low shrinkage, high temperature resistant vitreous inorganic fiber having a use temperature up to at least 1330° C., which maintains mechanical integrity after exposure to the use temperature and which is non-durable in physiological fluids, is prepared by the method of forming a melt with ingredients including greater than 71.25 weight percent silica, 0 to about 20 weight percent magnesia, and about 5 to about 28.55 weight percent of calcia, 0 to about 5 weight percent zirconia, and optionally a viscosity modifier in an amount effective to render the product fiberizable; and producing fibers from the melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Unifrax Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce K. Zoitos, Michael J. Andrejcak, Terry N. Travis